Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.

His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.

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Oct 10, 2017
Thousands of Christians 'Take a Knee' on National Mall to Repent for Racial Injustice
Thousands of Christians from across the United States took a knee in prayer on the National Mall on Columbus Day, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, to ask God to forgive the racial sins of America's past and let reconciliation and healing sweep the land.
Oct 8, 2017
Michigan Football Coaches Under Fire for Inviting Opponents to Pray After Game
The nation's largest secular legal organization is pressuring a Michigan school district to bar its high school football coaches from participating in team prayers after a junior varsity coach allegedly invited an opposing team to join in prayer after a game.
Oct 8, 2017
Thousands of Women to Repent for Racial Sins of America in Worship Rally on National Mall
Worship festivities held on the National Mall this weekend will culminate on Monday in the form of a day-long women-led worship rally in which people from all across the United States will be called to pray for a "Jesus Movement" to sweep the nation and foster racial reconciliation, gender equality, and for an end to abortion.
Oct 8, 2017
Jim Wallis: People Upset Over NFL Anthem Protests Are More 'White' Than 'Christian'
White Christians who are upset at NFL players who choose to protest during the playing of the national anthem are showing that they're more "white" than they are "Christian," the Rev. Jim Wallis has claimed.
Oct 6, 2017
16-Y-O Coptic Christian Girl Kidnapped by Salafi Muslim Rescued After 92 Days in Captivity
A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl who was kidnapped in Egypt has finally been returned to her family after three months in captivity, a leading persecution media watchdog has reported.
Oct 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions Issues Sweeping Religious Freedom Guidance to All Federal Agencies
Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions is instructing all federal agencies to ensure to the "greatest extent practicable and permitted by law" that the religious beliefs of people, businesses, churches and other organizations are accommodated and not burdened by the federal government.
Oct 6, 2017
UK Catholic Girls School Tells Students to Use Transgender Pronouns
A parent has voiced outrage after a Catholic girls school in the United Kingdom told parents that students are expected to use the preferred pronouns and names of transgender classmates.
Oct 5, 2017
Christian Funeral Home Defends Right to Fire Transgender Employee in Appeals Court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard an employment discrimination lawsuit filed against a Christian funeral home owner in Michigan after he fired a transgender employee who was transitioning from male to female and requested to wear women's clothing.
Oct 5, 2017
Kidnapped Priest Tom Uzhunnalil to Receive Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice
The Indian priest who was kidnapped and held hostage by Islamic extremists in Yemen for over 18 months before he was released last month will be awarded the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice.
Oct 5, 2017
Michelle Qureshi Vows to Continue Her Late Husband Nabeel's Ministry
The wife of the late Christian apologist and best-selling author Nabeel Qureshi has vowed to continue her late husband's online ministry.